Women, Development, and the UN: A Sixty-Year Quest for Equality and Justice

by Devaki Jain

Book Overview

"Devaki Jain opens the doors of the United Nations and shows how it has changed the female half of the world--and vice versa. Women, Development, and the UN is a book that every global citizen, government leader, journalist, academic, and self-respecting woman should read." --Gloria Steinem

"Devaki Jain's book nurtures your optimism in this terrible war-torn decade by describing how women succeeded in empowering both themselves and the United...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253218195
• ISBN13: 9780253218193
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher